#конспирология

Is a new pandemic approaching?

A ghost account with a "prediction" of hantavirus has gone viral on Twitter. Back in 2022, "iamasoothsayer" posted a short message:

2023: Corona ended
2026: Hantavirus

Against the backdrop of a hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, an old post suddenly spread across social media.

➠ The avatar of the account features a Fortune Teller from "Kung Fu Panda."
➠ In the profile description – "reads the future."
➠ The account was registered in June 2022.
➠ The post about hantavirus was published almost four years before the current outbreak.

According to official chronology, the MV Hondius left Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1. By April 6, one passenger fell ill, and on April 11, he died onboard. On April 24, some passengers disembarked on Saint Helena Island, and the first confirmed case of hantavirus appeared only on May 4.

Currently, WHO reports 8 cases, 5 confirmed, 3 people have died. It involves a rare strain of hantavirus that can be transmitted from person to person through close and prolonged contact.

But on Twitter, this story is already being spun much more aggressively: claiming everything fits the scenario of a "new epidemic before the elections."

The conspiracy theorists' logic is as follows:

➠ In 2022, a strange account appears with a "prediction" of hantavirus in 2026.
➠ In 2026, a real outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship occurs.
➠ The virus is a rare Andes virus, which allows human-to-human transmission through close contact.
➠ Some passengers have already disembarked and dispersed across different countries (contact tracing across Europe).
➠ Ahead are the 2026 World Cup, millions of fans, flights between the US, Canada, and Mexico.
➠ And then – US elections, fear, control, restrictions, the printing press, and good old pandemic panic.

Basically, social media is trying to craft a new COVID scenario: first strange coincidences, then alarming news, then contact tracing, then discussions about risks to the population.

Officially, everything is calm for now: WHO and ECDC assess the risk to the population as low.